Narratives of Loneliness
Multidisciplinary Perspectives from the 21st Century
Published on 28. September 2017
256 pages
978-1-317-29244-9 (ISBN)
Description
Rising life expectancies and declining social capital in the developed world mean that an increasing number of people are likely to experience some form of loneliness in their lifetimes than ever before. Narratives of Loneliness tackles some of the most pressing issues related to loneliness, showing that whilst recent policies on social integration, community building and volunteering may go some way to giving an illusion of not being alone, ultimately, they offer a rhetoric of togetherness that may be more seductive than ameliorative, as the condition and experience of loneliness is far more complex than commonly perceived.
Containing thought-provoking contributions from researchers and commentators in several countries, this important work challenges us to rethink some of the burning issues of our day with specific reference to the causes and consequences of loneliness. Topics include the loneliness and mental health of military personnel, loneliness and social media, loneliness and sexuality, urban loneliness, and the experiences of transnational movement and adopted children. This book therefore makes an overdue multidisciplinary contribution to the emerging debate about how best to deal with loneliness in a world that combines greater and faster connectedness on the one hand with more intensely experienced isolation on the other.
Since Emile Durkheim first claimed that the structure of society could have a strong bearing on psychological health in the 1890s, researchers in a range of disciplines have explored the probable impact of social context on mental health and wellbeing. Interdisciplinary in approach, Narratives of Loneliness will therefore be of great interest to academics, postgraduate students and researchers in social sciences, the arts, psychology and psychiatry.
Containing thought-provoking contributions from researchers and commentators in several countries, this important work challenges us to rethink some of the burning issues of our day with specific reference to the causes and consequences of loneliness. Topics include the loneliness and mental health of military personnel, loneliness and social media, loneliness and sexuality, urban loneliness, and the experiences of transnational movement and adopted children. This book therefore makes an overdue multidisciplinary contribution to the emerging debate about how best to deal with loneliness in a world that combines greater and faster connectedness on the one hand with more intensely experienced isolation on the other.
Since Emile Durkheim first claimed that the structure of society could have a strong bearing on psychological health in the 1890s, researchers in a range of disciplines have explored the probable impact of social context on mental health and wellbeing. Interdisciplinary in approach, Narratives of Loneliness will therefore be of great interest to academics, postgraduate students and researchers in social sciences, the arts, psychology and psychiatry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
File size
1,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-29244-9 (9781317292449)
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Olivia Sagan | Eric Miller
Narratives of Loneliness
Multidisciplinary Perspectives from the 21st Century
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Olivia Sagan | Eric Miller
Narratives of Loneliness
Multidisciplinary Perspectives from the 21st Century
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09/2017
1st Edition
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Persons
Olivia Sagan is a Chartered Psychologist and Counsellor. She is Head of Division for Psychology and Sociology at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
Eric Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University, USA.
Eric Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University, USA.
Content
Foreword by Professor John Harvey Introduction by the Editors Part 1. Inter and Intrapersonal Loneliness 1. Loneliness: an Overview (Philip S. Morrison and Rebekah Smith) 2. Loneliness and Relatedness: A Philosophical and Psychotherapeutic Account (Roger Frie) 3. The Lonely Side of War's Aftermath: Traumatization and Isolation among Veterans (Jacob Y. Stein and Zahava Solomon) 4. Sensemaking and Shared Grief in the Social Media Age (Peter Gloviczki) 5. Cyberloneliness: the Curse of the Cursor? (Eric D. Miller) 6. Loneliness in Lithuanian Transnational Families: 'I am happy if my children are happy'? (Margarita Gedvilaite-Kordusiene) 7. Disconnections: Loneliness in the Lives of Mobile Singles (Maude Gauthier) 8. Narratives of Loneliness and Mental Ill Health in a Time of Neoliberalism (Olivia Sagan) 9. Adoption and Loneliness (Helen E. Lees) 10. Loneliness in Education: The Agony and the Enstasy (Julian Stern) Part 2. Loneliness: Place, Space and Identity 11. From Lonely Cities to Prosocial Places: How Evidence-Informed Urban Design Can Reduce the Experience of Loneliness (Rhiannon Corcoran and Graham Marshall) 12. 'The Lonely City': Urban Infrastructure and the Problem of Loneliness (Rob Imrie) 13. Homelessness and Modern Urban Loneliness (Sandra Costa Santos) 14. Loneliness in an Era of Mass Extinctions (Alette Willis) 15. Loneliness as an Occupational Hazard: Academic Identities and the Neoliberal Work Ethic (Yvonne Hill) 16. Isolated and Suicidal: Critically Assessing the Persistent Stereotype of Queer Youth as Isolated and Lonely on a Pathway to the Big City (Rob Cover) 17. The Possibilities of Loneliness in a Changing World: Performing Place in Withdrawn (Stuart Andrews) 18. The New Gay Loneliness? Desire and Urban Gay Male Cultures (Nicholas Manganas) 19. Loneliness in Cinema: A Pharmacological Approach (Angie Voela) Concluding Remarks by the Editors
